A prototype of distributed molecular visualization on computational grids

Future Generation Computer Systems

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 727-737

  Zhu, Huabing ^a   Chan, Tony Kai Yun ^a   Wang, Lizhe ^a   Cai, Wentong ^a   See, Simon ^b  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b SUN MICROSYSTEMS   (United States)

Author keywords

Computational grids; Distributed rendering; Load balance; Molecular visualization; Parallel rendering

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISTRIBUTED COMPUTER SYSTEMS; MACROMOLECULES; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; SOFTWARE PROTOTYPING; VIRTUAL REALITY;

COMPUTATIONAL GRIDS; DISTRIBUTED RENDERING; LOAD BALANCE; MOLECULAR VISUALIZATION; PARALLEL RENDERING;

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS;

EID: 2942622576     PISSN: 0167739X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.future.2003.11.023     Document Type: Article

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